What is in a Glass of Wine?: Alcohol & Acid

What is in a Glass of Wine serves as a foundation for learning about the chemical components of wine. This post is about alcohol and Acid in wine but there are also tannins, sugars and aromatic components… Though water remains the most abundant.

These components, called “Structural Components”, help define the taste of wine, and they are very helpful in understanding the wide variety of aromas, flavors, tastes and textures of wine. This series of posts explains how these components appear in wine and how they affect the taste, with special attention on the different aspects that can make them change or evolve.